For brands, however, Forbes insists that the story is about to change. Avi Dan writes, “Good advertising has always told stories about brands, but now the business model itself is becoming the brand story.”

Sales figures have provided the story for retailers so far this holiday season, and it appears Cyber Monday had a happy ending. According to early reports from IBM Benchmark, online sales spiked 26 percent by mid-afternoon compared to the same period last year.

Durex is also giving back. Through Dec. 1 the brand is donating one condom to charities dedicated to preventing the spread of HIV for any tweet of the #1share1condom hashtag, as well as any share of the World AIDS Day image or video found on the company’s Facebook page.

Speaking of Facebook, if you’ve felt an overwhelming amount of anxiety recently, you might want to cut back on the number of friends you keep on the social network. A study by the University of Edinburgh found that users with the longest list of digital acquaintances were the most stressed.

Also, you can quit posting that Facebook privacy message to your profile to ensure that the site doesn’t use anything you’ve written without your permission. Reports Time, the “Copyright Meme” was all a hoax “viral mistake.”

With the clip already spreading online, it could prove to be a viral mistake of another kind for FOX News anchor Jon Scott, who abruptly ended his interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Thomas Ricks after Ricks referred to the network as “operating as the wing of the Republican Party” while discussing the station’s “hyped” coverage of Benghazi.

While we’re exploring other realities, how about one in which Don Cheadle plays an overzealous Captain Planet? The Oscar-nominated actor reprises his role as the blue-skinned superhero gone mad in this sequel to Funny or Die’s liberal adaptation of the childhood favorite. Watch below, and be sure to see the first installment here.

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